It was over before you knew it, in mere minutes on Friday, May 1st, two white males in masks with a hundred plus accomplices held up Mississippi’s Governor at the State Capitol in broad daylight. The take was over a billion dollars making it one of the biggest hauls in state history.

Dr. and Mrs. James Martin Tucker announce the engagement of their daughter, Sarah MartinTucker to Andrew Duncan Maxwell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lamar Maxwell III, all of Jackson. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Lola Robinson Smith and the late William Clifton Smith Jr. of Jackson and Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Tucker of Aberdeen.

(JACKSON, Miss.) -- In light of recent developments with the COVID-19 pandemic, Jackson State University has temporarily suspended its GRE, GMAT and PRAXIS requirements for graduate programs with these testing requirements.

On another gorgeous spring day this past Saturday two friends and I picked up burgers at Whole Foods then plopped down on a picnic bench at Parham Bridges to chew the fat so to speak. I found their conversation intriguing, so I’m re-creating it here with their permission as best I can recall.

They are going to become grandparents for the first time in February 2020. Their best memories are from family trips with their children. While they cook up tasty meals at the restaurant, their meals at home are usually really simple. Several of the paintings on the restaurant walls were done by Mark. In their off time, they like to binge-wa

Work has begun to repair a major sinkhole at the intersection of Ridgewood Road and Lelia Drive. Crews descended on the site today and had begun digging up a portion of Ridgewood that collapsed last year as a result of a broken storm drain. The road south of the work site had been closed to through-traffic.

Northpark Mall will undergo major upgrades this year. Ridgeland officials recently approved a site plan and architectural review for $11.5 million in renovations on the exterior and interior of the shopping center.

The new owners, Pacific Retail Capital Partners, bought the mall last year for an unknown cost.